St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-27
THEY PLAY THE BANJO.
Some st. Paul Dung Men With Ears
for Music.
The Cool Reception Given Them by
Hastings People. etr,q.

About the 1st of last October Prof
Sherry, the banjo instructor, gathered about
him some of the musical and fun-lOving
young men of the capital city, and the st.
Paul Banjo club was organized. Since its
organization the club has proven continual
sourse OF enjoyment to its members and
their friends. They gave their first public
concert on the 4th Of November before an
appreciative audience in Turner hall.
Among the attractions Oh the programme
for that occasion was song and dance act
by Ehle Allen, but he was too busy porting
over election returns to appear greatly to
the disappointment of the audience. At
the request of many friends the concert was
repeated on the 18th of January at the same
place. The next appearance OF the
club before the st. Paul public was at
the Seibert carnival concert, given i'll the
opera house during the carnival. On that
occasion the club won hearty applause and
numerous encOreS. 1t also took part i'll
Manager SCOTS benefit few weeks later.
This was its last public appearance in st.
Paul. Last Tuesday evening the club was
billed for a concert in Hastings. but when
the curtain arose for the first grand over
ture there We're but three chairs in the audi
forum occupied-two by newspaper men
and the third by the janitor. Upon nves-
tigatlng the cause Of the cool reception, the
boys discovered that snide theatrical
troupe had occupied the hall the night be-
fore, and had conducted themselves in such
manner after the performance as to dis
gust the %itzenS of the moral suburb of
Hastings. N'he people, fearing that they
would be again victimized had determined
to leave the concert severely alone And
they did so. The boys say that the Ioneli-
ness was marked-in fact, the loneliest kind
of loneliness. When it was explained to
the citizens the next morning, however.
that the members of the Banjo club were
among the leading young men of ST. Paul,
they expressed themselves as being very
sorry for the misunderstanding, and begged
the club to remain over and give the con-
cert that evening. But the boys didn't
want to. They were anxious to get home
and home they came
AS for the members of the club. Prof.
Sherry the leader and instructor. is Young
man of about % years, with brown mus
tache and dark hair. He has made the
banjo the subject of long study and is
complete master of the instrument.
Ralph Martin. styled on the concert bills,
''the king of banjo players" is clerk in
the Northern Pacific railroad Offices, a devo-
tee of society and general favorite in the
circle in which lie moves.
Will Dixon and Sid Clark are schooIboys
yet, but expect to graduate in the near fut-
ure. They are both expert banjoists, and
are always put down for a solo each, on the
concert programmes.
Westcott Price is bOokkeeper in the
Peoples bank, while Ben Johnson occupies
similar position in the Second National.
Fritz Siewert, the either player, is a Ger
man. devoted to his music, fond of fun and
always good natuled.
Dr.. c. E. Feller, everybody knows. There
is only one other pastime he enjoys more
than playing his banjo, and that is cock
fighting. The doctor owns some of the best
roosters in the Northwest.